#224BA9#224BA9

#224BA9 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.158 H 263.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#224BA9
RGB	rgb(34, 75, 169)
HSL	hsl(222, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(222, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 55.6%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.47, 21.11, -54.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.47, 58.45, 291.17°)
OKLab	oklab(44.26% -0.0179 -0.1572)
OKLCH	oklch(44.26% 0.158 263.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.3346, 8.2356, 38.5734)
Luminance	0.0824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#224BA9 #A98022

analogous

#228EA9 #224BA9 #3D22A9

triadic

#224BA9 #A9224B #4BA922

tetradic

#224BA9 #A9228E #A98022 #22A93D

square

#224BA9 #A9228E #A98022 #22A93D

split-complementary

#224BA9 #A93D22 #8EA922

monochromatic

#0D1E43 #183476 #224BA9 #3264D6 #658BE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.93

#224BA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.65

#224BA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #224BA9

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##224BA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##224BA9	1.00	7.93	2.65	7.93
#FFFFFF	7.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006272

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #224ba9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 75, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.158 263.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#737cc3',
    500: '#224ba9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #224ba9;
$custom-light: #737cc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#224ba9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.778,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44258,
    "c": 0.15827,
    "h": 263.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#224BA9

secondary

#C5A761

accent

#B53EE9

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEEF8

border

#C9C9D1

text

#090913

muted

#7B7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #224BA9

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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